Eggun

In countries belonging to the former Empire Yorùbá, companies have focused their practices on the cult of Eggun (dead), of fundamental importance to the religions from that culture, because as they say in the religious system Osha-Ifa, "Iku Lobbia Osha "(of death born Orisha), usually translated as" the dead bore the saint. " For the Yorùbá, the concept of death is much wider than that of other religions, for us human beings are composed primarily of three elements: EMI (spirit), Ori (soul) and Ara (body). EMI and live within the Ará Ori separate Ori is one who has learning and wisdom of other incarnations, which remains closed to the conscience of the person until their death, during the religious ceremonies the person will undergo open court to represent a little person Ori to other knowledge, which always lies within the Altar, in the region near the pituitary gland.

EMI is one that allows the internal dialogue, which stores memories of this incarnation and which gives a step down in our consciousness when we incorporate or assemble the Orisha, leaving the Ara. When we die, EMI and Ori become one and leave the Ará which will become Oku or dead body and they expect power to be a single destination store for them, if you return to Aiyé, ie the Atùnwá (reincarnation), if they become in Eggun (dead) or if Aragbá Orun (en route to Orun), and later reach the state of Ara Orun (inhabitant of Orun). Cult societies Eggun female Iyami called Agba (my great mother), mostly Eggun made a cult group, not individually, in the case of the Company Gelede this energy that includes the feminine is Iyami Eggun Oxorongá, also called Nla Iya (mother that is beyond). The Society is composed Gelede exclusively by women and only they handle this immense power of Iyami Oxorongá. Fear Iyami representing some regions of Nigeria makes men of the region in their feasts, dress in women with female masks and dance in his honor to appease the anger and strike a balance between masculine and feminine forces. This company did not come with its cult of the Island of Cuba.

Society Eggun male cult, not individual, because an individual is not known religion in Cuba, but across the board, as in the case of the Secret Society Gelede Oro, which is based on the worship energy that represents the power over Egguns, through its foreman "Gold." For Gelede society, their worship is almost extinct in Africa and America was never realized. The power attributed to Iyami Oxorongá is so large that it must be carefully controlled, sometimes with the help of the Society Gold These two are the most important companies Eggun, after these companies are individualized Eggun, which are companies engaged in major cult figures of religious or family, these are the "Corporations Eggungún, where the cult is based Eggun male, which are manifested (the women do not show) and wear great costumes colored fabrics that cover them from head to toe, this type of clothing in Africa is called Bay Eku and Opa's name.